Posted on 11/05/2006 2:09:02 PM PST by rface
CLEVELAND -- 5 On Your Side Investigator Duane Pohlman finds that there are several votes being cast by citizens who are dead.
Among thousands of graves at Holy Cross Cemetery, Pohlman found the final resting place of Edward Wisniewski.
John Wisniewski lived next door to his brother for decades.
John Wisniewski said Edward Wisniewski has been buried at the cemetery since 2002. According to an election sign-in sheet, he cast a vote in the May primary.
NewsChannel5, in partnership with the National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting, conducted one of the most extensive reviews ever of Cuyahoga County voting records, Pohlman reported. The process involved comparing more than 200,000 voters against death records reported by the Social Security Administration.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich was stunned by what NewsChannel5 uncovered.
Pohlman reported the examination of the records revealed Wisniewski is not the only dead voter. In fact, 5 On Your Side uncovered 27 people who are dead, but votes were cast in their name anyway.
This is referred to as ghost voting -- people who vote for someone else.
Pohlman uncovered another example of ghost voting with Helen Kran. According to the Social Security Administration, she died in March 2005.
More than a year later, Kran voted in the May 2 primary.
"Yeah, it appears the individual that filled out their registration card and what they filled out on election day are not the same person," said Michael Vu, director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
Pohlman reported other signatures, like Charles R. Morris, look identical to a signature on May 2 election documents.
Morris died 11 months before the primary.
Pohlman reported the most concerning case is Wisniewski.
It is considered a felony, and Kucinich considered it a very serious matter.
Kucinich is deeply disturbed by the results of the investigation.
"This documentation that you offer is very troubling because it clearly indicates that someone was using the identity of a dead person to cast a vote," Kucinich said.
Pohlman said ghost voting is large enough of a problem to sway the results of a close race and certainly undercuts the principal that every vote counts.
"That's an assault on the integrity on the electoral process," Kucinich said.
The 5 On Your Side investigation has prompted Vu to launch an investigation at the BOE.
"We will conduct an investigation and gather all the information that we need and then give it to the county prosecutors office for further investigation," he said.
Meanwhile, Wisniewski and many other citizens continue to wonder how this could happen.
We already knew that.
I am really anxious to see if the Voter I.D. requirement her in Arizona actually slows down the number of illegal alien voters. I imagine the DemocRATS have already told them that "nothing will happen" if they vote.
Not all that deep...only six feet or so.
I want to know how they voted.
BWAHAHAHA! Kucinich is pretty much "stunned" by everything, but this shouldn't surprise him at all. Cuyahoga County = Cleveland = big dem stronghold. The dead regularly vote for dems there.
If only Tony Randall had known all this before he assumed room temperature. He tried not to die until Bush was defeated. And all for nothing! He could have still voted!
"This documentation that you offer is very troubling because it clearly indicates that someone was using the identity of a dead person to cast a vote," Kucinich said.
...and John Kerry thinks the troops are stupid???
That it was found.........I am sure he was STUNNED! Another Demonrat hwo thinks Americans are stupid.
Democrats can't win unless they carry the cadaver vote.
"U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich was stunned by what NewsChannel5 uncovered."
He wasn't stunned that it was happening, just that it was uncovered. He's been in politics in Cleveland for thirty-odd years now.
I just emailed a question about the "ghost voters'" party affiliation numbers. If he answers, I'll post it here.
Can we get a camera on her this year too ?
I want to see her bawl her eyes out when Dewine takes Ohio.
And how much do you want to bet that Kucinich will denounce any bill at the state or federal level that requires a valid photo ID to be presented to vote?
"Take my wife..please!"
"U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich was stunned by what NewsChannel5 uncovered."
The Democrat Party and voter fraud are historically synonymous. "The ends justify the means." "Truth is what works for us." "Mayor Daley came up with tens of thousands of dead people votes for JFK in 1960!! Hurrah for our side!!"
Yes, the Republicans did their share -- during and for about a decade after the Civil War.
Yeah, I don't know why, but my guess is they will get away with it; just like the Clinton's and the White House china, just like McGreevey, just like Sandy Berger,...
It's no wonder why the libs keep doing this stuff - no one tries to stop them.
He's brain dead,still walking around though.I remember when the little twirp was mayor of Cleveland,what an embarrasment that was.
Night of the liveing dead.
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